Head of U.S. Special Operations Command: The Threat Posed By al Qaeda Is 'Much More Broad Today'

Special Ops Chief: Threat From al Qaeda Is ‘Much More Broad’ Today -- Washington Free Beacon

‘The threat is metastasizing’

Head of U.S. Special Operations Command Admiral Bill McRaven said Thursday that the threat posed by al Qaeda is “much more broad today” and that it “was metastasizing,” with affiliate groups surging in Iraq, Syria, Yemen and North Africa.

The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq has created a power vacuum for al Qaeda terrorists, with Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) calling Obama responsible for the recent fall of Fallujah back into the hands of their forces. Also, a weak response by the Obama administration to the Syrian civil war has also helped the situation spiral increasingly out of control, with the president reneging repeatedly on his empty “red line” threat against the Bashar al-Assad regime. Over the past year, Assad has tightened his regime’s grip and al Qaeda’s influence there has grown.

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Update: Al-Qaeda Plots Comeback in Afghanistan -- Kimberly Dozier, AP

My Comment: Al Qaeda may be down .... but the radical philosophy that it promotes is still seductive to millions of Muslims .... and as long as there is no counterbalance to this radical Islamic philosophy .... radical groups like Al Qaeda will be with us forever.